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	Transportation in Portland - Definition, explanation
		Like transportation in the rest of the United States, the primary mode of local transportation in Portland (Oregon) is the automobile.
		A more unusual form of public transportation, the Portland Aerial Tram, is an aerial tramway planned to connect the South Waterfront with Oregon Health and Science University and the surrounding Marquam Hill area.
		An important milestone in Portland's urban bicycling infrastructure was the expansion of the sidewalks of Hawthorne Bridge in 1997, which significantly improved the safety and ease of bicycle commuting across the Willamette River.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/t/tr/transportation_in_portland.php (1388 words)

	Ports and Transportation Department
		Portland, Maine was voted one of the twelve surprising, thriving and emerging travel destinations by the editors at Frommer's Travel Guides and Frommers.com.
		The Port of Portland emerged as one of the Nation's leaders in four separate catergories in 2005 according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engneers Annual Table Report.
		PORTLAND, MAINE —Groundbreaking ceremonies for their new state-of-the-art passenger terminal “Ocean Gateway” were held in October 2005.
	www.portofportlandmaine.org (392 words)

	South Portland School Department - Transportation
		Transportation services make every effort to see that these stops are safe and have appropriate walking routes to them.
		This wavier states the transportation for the child is the responsibility of the parent/s.
		With this program our transportation scheduling capabilities will enable us to be more efficient in the accountability of establishing routes while ensuring the safety of students.
	www.spsd.org /departments/transportation/faq.html (1586 words)

	Portland, Oregon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Portland is known as "The City of Roses" or "Rose City", nicknames originated during the 1905 Lewis and Clark centennial exposition.
		Portland was the major port in the Pacific Northwest for much of the 19th century, until the 1890s when direct railroad access between the deepwater harbor in Seattle and points east by way of Stampede Pass were built.
		Portland's Lincoln High School is notable as it is the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi River, built in 1869.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Portland,_Oregon (4276 words)

	Encyclopedia: Portland, Oregon
		The Portland metropolitan area is the urban area centered in northern Oregon (Multnomah County and parts of Washington, Yamhill, and Clackamas counties) and southern Washington (Clark County).
		Sellwood is a neighborhood on a bluff overlooking the Willamette River in Southeast Portland, Oregon.
		Portland Classical Chinese Garden is a Suzhou-style walled garden enclosing a full city block in the Chinatown neighborhood of Portland, Oregon.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Portland,-Oregon (10711 words)

	Portland's Transportation - Portland Oregon Visitors Association
		Portland has long been known as a clean, green and friendly metropolis, with lots to do and even more to see.
		Portland Union Station is served by three scheduled Amtrak intercity passenger trains.
		With three daily departures between Seattle and Portland, as well as daily service to Vancouver, B.C., the Amtrak Cascades is a convenient link to the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia.
	www.travelportland.com /visitors/transportation.html (961 words)

	SPUR - Articles - 10 Transportation Lessons From Portland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Portland recognizes that all urban trips begin and end with a walking trip, whether they’re by car, transit, bicycle, or other means in the middle.
		Another aspect of Portland pedestrian life is the proliferation of nice “street furniture,”—light poles, drinking fountains, benches, tree grates, bus shelters, etc. Aside from a handful of artsy pieces in the downtown, Portland’s street furniture is remarkable in its sheer repetitive unremarkableness.
		Portland also recognizes that it is counterproductive to its traffic management, quality of life, and affordable-housing goals to force developers to build more parking than is needed.
	www.spur.org /documents/051101_article_01.shtm (2000 words)

	Center for Transportation Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Transportation is a growing profession with opportunities for people with a wide variety of backgrounds and strengths.
		PSU faculty are involved in a variety of transportation research projects and often hire students as graduate research assistants, including a stipend and tuition remission.
		Topics will include: the relationship of urban transportation systems to energy, environmental, and land development problems; relations between the various transport modes and technologies; current issues in transportation planning and finance, especially the fiscal crisis of public transit; and labor, social, and equity concerns in the supply of transportation services.
	www.cts.pdx.edu /education.htm (2809 words)

	City Sustainability Calendar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Portland Parks and Recreation operates 13 community centers, 12 SUN community schools, 13 swim pools, indoor and outdoor tennis courts, the Community Music Center and Multnomah Arts Center, and numerous other locations.
		A second presentation will be given on the history of transportation in Portland.
		The “Celebration of Portland Transportation” will be a series of locally made short films (5-10 minutes each) and two live historical presentations (10 minutes each) highlighting how our community has created Portland’s world class transportation system that services families, seniors, pedestrians, bicyclists, and businesses.
	www.portlandonline.com /osd/index.cfm?event_id=23230&cal=DisplayEvent&c=42228 (312 words)

	Portland, OR Nextbus: Real time downtown streetcar schedules
		The Portland Streetcar is owned and operated by the City of Portland, Oregon.
		Today Portland's central city is one of the most admired in North America.
		Many things contributed to this turnaround, but one key factor was an emphasis on transit and cooperative planning for transportation and land uses, including the streecar.
	www.nextbus.com /portland-sc (174 words)

	Bicycles
		Whether you're a visitor to Portland heading out on a bicycle tour, or a Portland resident who just wants to get out and about for some exploration by bicycle, these pages offer some valuable guidance on how to get there.
		The City of Portland was awarded a federal grant to develop a comprehensive signing system for Portland's bikeways.
		A new bicycle-only traffic signal was turned on April 8, 2004 at the intersection of Interstate Avenue and Oregon Street (at the east end of the Steel Bridge).
	www.portlandonline.com /transportation/index.cfm?c=34772 (455 words)

	Portland Transportation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The City of Portland Office of Transportation is a community partner in shaping a livable city.
		The Office of Transportation maintains the $7.1 billion investments in infrastructure facilities from streets and structures to traffic signals and street lights.
		Portland stands as a national leader in innovative transportation solutions.
	www.portlandonline.com /transportation (314 words)

	Portland, Maine - The Downeaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Portland is Maine's largest city and one of New England's most popular vacation destinations.
		The Portland Transportation Center is a full service facility home to the Downeaster and Concord Trailways.
		Portland International Jetport - Maine's largest airport, less than 3 miles from train station.
	www.thedowneaster.com /portland.php (258 words)

	Aaccessmaps.com presents a road map of Portland Metro
		Portland, founded in 1851 was part of a 640-acre claim owned by Asa Lovejoy and Francis Pettygrove.
		WEATHER Mild, with temperatures averaging 66 degrees in the summer and 38 degrees in the winter.
		TRANSPORTATION Portland metropolitan area leads the country in light-rail development and boasts the best transit system in the U.S. Tri-County Metropolitan Trans
	www.aaccessmaps.com /show/map/portlandmetro (188 words)

	portland independent media center
		The Portland Grassroots Media Camp (PGMC) [August 24 through 26th, 2007] is a weekend long event of skills trainings and workshops designed to make media creation and,production more accessible to organizers, activists, and all community members.
		Despite the assurances of the US Joint Forces command that the exercise is "purely a computer-based simulation of an earthquake scenario in Portland", many people in the area are extremely concerned.
		From the open publishing newswire: As the "anti-terror" furor claimed its predictable victims this year, we watched almost helplessly as scores of our comrades were dragged off the streets, out of their houses, and away from their families.
	portland.indymedia.org (2370 words)

	Portland Oregon Public Transportation - Portland Real Estate
		Three public transportation modes are used by Portlanders: light rail, buses, and streetcars.
		Fareless Square provides free rides (bus, light rail, and streetcars) in the downtown Portland area bounded by the Willamette River, NW Irving, and the I-405 (Stadium) freeway.
		The City of Portland Office of Transportation is a community partner in shaping a livable city.
	www.movingtoportland.net /public_transportation.htm (1744 words)

	Metro: Alternatives to driving alone
		Support the 2040 Growth Concept that aims to sustain regional activity centers of employment, housing, retail, culture and recreation that are served by transit and bike and pedestrian routes.
		Make connections between land use, transportation and health by designing and promoting accessible bike and pedestrian trails and other safe routes throughout the region.
		The RTP is a blueprint to guide transportation investments in the Portland metropolitan region for the next 20 years.
	www.metro-region.org /article.cfm?articleID=454 (479 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Programmes \| Newsnight Home \| Where the car is not king
		In Oregon they were 'cross dressing' as far back as the 1970's when the Republican Governor, Tom McCall, took radical steps to prioritise public transport over roads, using the freeways levy to invest in the foundations of what is undoubtedly one of the most integrated and dynamic public transport provisions anywhere in the world.
		Portland's Transportation Commissioner, Sam Adams, puts the city's success down to 3 main factors: the marriage of transportation and land use issues, public and private partnership, and clear results.
		Portland really is an example of true direct democracy in action.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/programmes/newsnight/4777801.stm (700 words)

	Portland Aerial Transportation, Inc.
		The Portland Aerial Tram is a key component in the development of the South Waterfront District and the continued growth of OHSU as a major medical research institution.
		As part of the proposed housing, more than 788 units of affordable housing will be provided, with the first 400 units moving closer to construction through a new proposal to increase the amount of funding available for affordable housing during the first phase of development.
		The U.S. House of Representatives approved a transportation funding bill on March 10, 2005, that includes $9 million for the pedestrian bridge and transportation infrastructure in the South Waterfront.
	www.portlandtram.com /031505.htm (1329 words)

	A Guide to Portland Transportation - PortlandGuide.com
		Portland has the reputation as one of the most efficient and pedestrian-friendly public transportation systems in the nation, which is especially unusual in a city of its size.
		The MAX light rail runs throughout downtown Portland in addition to the Portland International Airport, the technology businesses that are centered in Hillsboro, and all the way out to Gresham on the eastern edge of the metro area as well as many neighborhoods in-between.
		The Portland International Airport (PDX) is located 12 miles northeast of downtown along the Columbia River and is served by most national and international airlines.
	www.portlandguide.com /transportation (512 words)

	Portland and Specialty Transportation Services At a Crossroads
		For the past 10 years, Specialty Transportation Services Inc. (STS), Portage, Ind., has moved nearly 750,000 annual tons of metropolitan Portland, Ore.'s trash from regional transfer stations to a landfill north of the city.
		In September 1999, New York-based Churchill Environmental & Industrial Equity Partners purchased a majority of stock in STS' parent company, Asche Transportation Services, Shannon, Ill. Then in July 2000, Churchill loaned STS another $7 million, which could be converted into more than 70 percent of STS stock.
		STS' record is even more impressive, Petersen adds, considering that the company transports the garbage through a sensitive national scenic area.
	wasteage.com /mag/waste_portland_specialty_transportation/index.html (589 words)

	WorldChanging Portland
		PDX Peace has organized a gathering today at noon in Portland's South Park Blocks to comemorate and speak out about the 4th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.
		The new Portland Mall light rail MAX line is being built right outside my office, allowing me to experience the dirt and dust and minor earthquakes created by the implementation of Worldchanging ideas - in this case the reinsertion of...
		Portland reader Jeff Holiman sent us email with this interesting story about how a local neighborhood incorporates art with functionality to capture rainwater.
	www.worldchanging.com /local/portland (505 words)

	News4Neighbors: Portland, Oregon
		It is lead by the Oregon and Washington departments of transportation which are working to identify ways to improve traffic flow, safety and transit service on this stretch of highway.
		Portland Transport is an Oregon Non-profit Corporation whose mission is to foster conversation and spread information about transportation policy and options.
		Portland prides itself on being a leader in sustainability, and was recently proclaimed America’s “Most Sustainable City.” There are more Prius hybrid cars in Oregon than in any other state.
	www.news4neighbors.net /index.pl?section=Transportation (1863 words)

	projects and tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		With the surprise raid as a point of departure for an exploration of unintended consequences of the USA Patriot Act and the War on Terror, "home land Security" is being developed and directed by lead artist Marty Pottenger.
		The Center for Cultural Exchange, in Portland, Maine, is developing these materials and tours through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts over the next two years.
		The idea is drawn from the Lyceum and Chautauqua circuits of the 19th century, when an artist might assemble examples of the arts and culture of distant lands into a suitcase and hit the road, for the enlightenment and entertainment of the masses.
	www.centerforculturalexchange.org /projectsandtours.shtml (764 words)

	Portland Hotels and Accommodations in Portland OR, USA, hotel rates, reviews and reservations
		Portland, Oregon -- Maybe it's the way the evergreens in the mist crown the hills around the city, or it could be the comfortable downtown.
		Perhaps it's the way the locals care about convenient public transportation and supporting a vibrant arts scene -- it adds up to make Portland, Oregon, a destination worth seeking out.
		It's telling that the city of Portland tore down a freeway that separated the downtown from the Willamette River and replaced it with the Gov. Tom McCall Riverfront Park, a manicured greensward that provides a soothing transition from the city to the river's edge
	www.greaterportlandhotels.com (259 words)

	Portland Transport: Transportation Operations Archives
		Commissioner Sam is going to ask his Portland City Council Colleagues to put some of Portland's one-time surplus funds into the backlog of road paving and other transportation improvements (with a safety focus).
		But surprise, towing on the Portland stretches of the freeway system is governed by a contract managed by the Portland Bureau of Revenue (which regulates tow operators).
		Serendipitously I was reviewing the archive of webcasts for the PSU Transportation Seminar Series and came across a presentation specifically on the topic (video stream) by Jennifer Rosales, a traffic engineer in the local office of Parsons Brinckerhoff.
	www.portlandtransport.com /archives/transportation_operations (7485 words)

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